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GNSI Newsletter

November 5, 2025 // Issue 32

In Search of the Future for Special Operations Drone Forces: our latest GNSI Decision Brief

Twenty years of counterterrorism has spurred an untold billions of dollars of investment in U.S. SOF. This investment helped produce advanced drones and operators, but they are not necessarily prepared for major combat operations.

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Florida Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins to Speak at First Florida Security Forum at Port Tampa Bay

Collins was scheduled to speak about the state's security priorities and the future of its port and maritime resilience.

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Tampa Summit 6 Announced for March 2026: "Nuclear Weapons in Modern Warfare"

Are we on the verge of another Nuclear Age? The next GNSI Tampa Summit will answer that question and examine the crucial issues facing the U.S. and explore the evolving role of nuclear technology in modern security, warfare and geopolitics.

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GNSI "Axis of Resistance" Research Initiative Wraps Up

GNSI Research Fellow Dr. Arman Mahmoudian concludes his intense research initiative into the Middle East, Iran, it's proxy network and other rogue actors in the region.

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"Failing to Adapt" is the Lesson of Episode 3 of WRH 'Studies of Generalship' Series

GNSI Executive Director and former commander of United States Central Command, retired Marine Corps General Frank McKenzie, continues his series studying the best military leaders throughout history and why some of them ultimately failed.

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“To be nobody - but yourself - in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting."

– E.E. Cummings

Catching Up with GNSI Podcasts

At the Boundary

Other Stories of Interest This Month:

• Congratulations to GNSI Non-Resident Distinguished Fellow, retired Ambassador Philip Kosnett on his new position as a Senior Foreign Policy Advisor with Cambridge Global Advisors. Read more.

• The University of South Florida Board of Trustees unanimously approved Moez Limayem as the university's next president. The former Dean of USF's Muma College of Business and current President at the University of North Florida, still needs approval from Florida's Board of Governors - which could come as early as this week. Learn more.

Request an Appearance from General McKenzie at Your Event

GNSI Executive Director, General (Ret) Frank McKenzie, former commander of United States Central Command and author of "The Melting Point: High Command and War in the 21st Century," is a gripping, straight-forward keynote speaker who delivers poignant stories from his career and insights into leadership.

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